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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-04-07
PIymonth Rock Chick ems.

For market the Plymouth Rocks are
general favorites. A cross Of the Plym-
outh Rock on Asistic, or large, coarse
common hens. makes superior chick for
market. We have bad pure bred Plym
ou'h Rock chicks 10 weigh two pounds
when nine weeks old. but they were fore
ed as much M possible and kept in the
best condition. A diff, renee m The
weight Of number OF chicks, amounting
TO half pound 10 ten weeks. with prices
at forty cents pound, is quite al item,
and II is very important. therefore, TO use
breed that is not only hardy, hut one
which grows rapidly. Tie Plymouth
Rocks answer well for tails purpose
Their plump bodies. bright. clean. yellow
legs aud attractive appearance. cause
them to sell rapidly and bring good prices.
We may mention tbst it has strong NJ
val 10 the Wysndotte. but the latter does
not sl~ays breed stricily true. aud the
Plymouth Rocks have been tried 10 al
elims,es and under many different con-
diiinis. As layers the heus are far above
tie average aud make excellent sitters and
motben- = american Igricsit,gfa
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-04-07
Agrirnltnrf.


A 10 cell known, the State Agricaliurs
Experiment st.licn hss DO farm 81 ~
own. aud hence il must rely on the farm
era 81 The state Toe The land on which 10
condact the sesies OF experiments that arr
10 be carried oai this summer Il is de-
sirsbIe that tbsse experiments he tried Ia
each part 81 the state. They are ~ fol-
lows
J. The testios Of new fodder plants "a
see u they are adapted 10 our soil aud cli-
mate.
a. Alfalfa. sspeeies OF clover. requires
land well drained. aud from which the
snow does not blov "A 10 the winter
soSn broadcast. nsed Tor hsy or green
feed; does 10. die Int like ordinary clio.
Yer.
=. Gov pea sovn 10 drills, and culti-
waited like beans. makes . very heavy
growth OF excellent fodder; used only for
green feed; can be grown 90 poor, weedy
soil. but does best on . soil naturally rich
10 potash.
e Horse beans, sovn broadcas With
barley or oats that are TO be cut for hay,
10 increase The nuiriiiousness OF the fod-
der
2 Tests With fertilizers. The work
with fertilizers will be confined 10 single
line OF inquiry, namely. 10 ascertsin whe-
Their fodder plants can use phosphoric acid
when it is supplied 10 the cheap form Of
undissolved phosphate rock or undis-
solved bone black. These experiments
will be tried on permsn ent grass land only
as it will take two or more years TO deter
mine how much benefit has been received
from the fertilizer. The phosphates will
be supplied,
a. 10 the form OF fne ground South
Carolina rock
b. In the form OF fine ground bone
black.
c. These two forms mixed with the ad-
dition Of plaster
The trials with new fodder plants will
be on plots OF one fourth Of an acre. The
fertilizers tried on plots OF one-te tenth Of an
acre with several unmanured plots for
comparison. The experiment station will
furnish the seed and the fertilizers free Of
cost, only STIMULATING that whoever takes
them shall agree to report 10 the station
the results OF the trial.
All who are willing TO try any Of these
experiments will please send in their
names and signify which experiments
they desire TO make. Full directions will
be sent with each package Of seed or fer
tilizer. Address all communications on
above subject to W. W. Cooke, director
state agricultural experiment station. Bur
lington.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-04-07
The Olsomargarins Law

The oleomargarine law has not proved
such boon TO the farmers and dsirymen
of the Eastern States as they expected.
II has, to be sure. put an effective quietua
upon the trade 10 bogus butter, but it has
not caused the high prices for genuine
products that the friends OF the law pre-
dicted. Butter has for some time been
selling as low, and in some instances even
lower, than at this time year and two
years ago. This fact causes much disap-
pointment among butter men, and has led
some to think that after all the law might
as well have never been passed. How
mistaken is such notion was shown re-
Gently by Assistant State Dairy Commits
sioner Van valkeuburgh 10 discussing the
results Of the new law. 1T IL true" he
said, "thst state dairy butter is no higher
now than 1t was two years ago at this time.
The reason, however, OF this is plain.
Previous to the encroachment Of the law,
tuOubuuub Auu tuuuonuu5 VI COW1 tuIUuBu
cut the country we're allowed to go dry
throughout the winter. because. in many
instances, butter would only bring six or
seven cents pound to the farmer. But
when the oleomargarine law passed the
price OF genuine butter vent up all over
the country. The dairy business was
stimulated TO high degree and enough
butter was produced to keep down prices
here. / estimate that over SO 900, 900
worth has been produced. This shows
whether the butter business has been
benefited or not Then think what the
law has done for the consumer. In giving
him good butter Ter the price which he
has heretofore been compelled to pay for
the bogus article. This H. sitter all, the
great gain. The recent strikes have also
done much to depr.ss the butter market.
How sbunt iLe eleomaiRaiine trade 10
this cit, r We'll, tbiuk We have got il
pretty we'll under foot. OF the 10000
grocers in this city aud Brooklyn, not
200 have taken licenses to sell the stuff.
In round numbers, ] should say that not
one tenth 10 much oleomsrgarine is now
sold as before the passage OF the law. =
Tribune.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-04-07

II lie not the large hog thsi pays. bui
the one ihst makes The lsrses. quality Of
pork in the shortest time. aud 90 the
smallest smount of food. II . pig comes
10 during April be has uine months during
which to eros b, The en- Of the year. II
be il yell bred sd from . good stock Of
hogs. be should easily be made TO weigh
$50 pourds during the nine months Of bis
life.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-04-07
The Life Insurance
BOND,

which Ia endorsed BY our sblest actusries. and
issued ~
An Endowment Insurance for any term
from ten to forty-fve years. at lowest
cash rates with n guaranteed cash
surrender value. al end OF
each year after the first.
endorsed upon its face.
Its therefore easy to see that IL Affords the
grandest features OF life insurance, snd safe,
sure and desirable Investment for all clauses. II
not only natures at specific time. or a. pre-
vious death for lie face value and accumulated
surplus. but also guarantees . definite sum In
cash with the surplus any year after the frat,
thus sford'ng the highest form " negotiable
security, As we'll a. protection In the event OF
death. Like depo it's ~ savings bank, the In.
stsliments paid are returned IL option OF the
bond holder Having guaranteed each value tho
bond may be used 10 obtain loan Tor any pur-
pose. II IL better than United States Govern.
ment Bonds, aud as ss'e. The insured paws -
he goes. stops with profit or continues with
greater ptodt, Nothing fsirer than that. and
certainly no safer Investment.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-04-07
New Millinery Goods
FALL AND WINTER.

! Bare very large ana eioesnt assortment Of
g0ass. watch hsss bosa selected ia New iosh
sifh afesf care 70 sutt The sAIis u the people
in ttir saStaity. have Has and Bonnets ia ali
the ace stksrs and materials, aiso = sftAt va
tiStF az utmmsd bouneis and hs.s fer ladies
ace ehtldfeH ssisets and trimming nasisriais
10 ~ shsass ard pfscss Lace aud pIcot edge
fsntons 10 I'll .idfbs .ed shades. sas sone u
ittm s3il he soid al lees than oAe-half the ukasi
pfaess. large sioek d fAHrs ssai1efs. stnes
ana tips at isv pfseos Also All gssods Ia ths
miilinsgg ians Which via be sold ~ satisfactory
ps1ros
L. T. sTOcKwEII..
Manetsster. VI. November 2nA. isss tz1r
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-10-19

sian Government. Count Mitkie-
wioZ came to America in 1864, and
after remaining here for O short time
returned to Europe, only to repeat his
visit to this country again and again.
While on one of these visits he became
acquainted with Miss Caroline Les
ter daughter of Ralph Lester, we'll
known Rochester banker), to whom he
was married in the year 1872. This
union resulted in the creation of a
large family of children, nine
in number, when his wife died.
His second matrimonial alliance
was with an cstimable lady Ca grand
daughter of John Marshall, of Vir-
ginia, late Chief Justice of the United
Staten. Taking up his residence in the
gay capital of Washington, where he
is we'll known, he launched into various
schemes which have been more or less
successful. His latest scheme that of
placing telephones in China, with the
ass stance of the Chinese Government,
and backed by financially substantial
Philadelphia syndicate) is the one so
much ventilated and stretched into the
most absurd colossal dimensions. The
result of these schemes time alone can
tell, and whether they will be success
full or not will be riddle of the pres
ent to be solved in the dim future.
Count Mitkiewicz is of slender fig
ure, with tlorid complexion and red
dish side whiskers which are always
carefully trimmed to stand at right
angles with the sides of his face. His
nose is of n decidedlv Hebrew natterp
and his eyes enlarge and contract cat
fashion as their owner changes his
moods. His nails are as long now as
those of mandarin of the red button.
His hands and feet are small. He ex-
presses utter Indifference to the news
paper attacks made upon him.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-10-19
Worry, Not Work, Kills.

"The great man, says Emerson, is
he who in the midst of the crowd keeps
with perfect sweetness the serenity of
solitude" How many of the troubles
of life, asks Sir John Lubbock, "are
insignificant in themselves and easily
avoidabe?" 1t is not so much, in most
cases, great sorrows, diseases or death,
but rather the little daily doings which
cloud over the sunshine of life. We
most of us give ourselves an immense
amount of trouble, incumber ourselves,
as it were, on the journey of life with
a dead weight OF unnecessary baggage.
In that most delightful fairy tale, Alice
in Wonderland" the VIII to Knight is
described as having provided himself
on starting for journey with variety
of odds and ends, including a mouse
trap, in case he was troubled with mice
at night, and q beehive, in case he
came across n swarm Of bees. To save
ourselves from imaginary, or at any
rate problematical evils, we often incur
real suffering. "The man." said Epi-
Gurus, "who is not content with little
is content with nothing" There is an
amusing passage in Hearne's Journey
to the Mouth of the Coppermine
River" A few days after starting he
met party of Indians who annexed a
deal of his property, and all Hearne
says is, "The weight of our baggage
being so much lightened, our next
days journey was much pleasanter. L
ought, however, to add that the Indians
broke up our philosophical instruments,
which, no doubt, were rather an in
cumbrance." Do then your best and
await calmly the result. 1t is anxiety,
not work, which kills; it is work, not
anxiety, which commands success.
There is Hindoo saying that the for
tune of man who sits sits also sleeps
when he sleeps, moves when he moves,
and rises when he rises. Anxiety, on
the contrary, does more harm than
good. Many seem to think that, in
these days of competition and struggle
for existence, life is more difficult and
anxious than it used to be. On the
contrary, 1 believe there never was a
time when modest merit and patient
industry were more sure to win reward.
-Net0 York Home Journal.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-10-19
Lost and Found.

Mr.. Lee told very interesting story
in connection with the history of the
driving park built at Town Bank, about
seven miles from Cape May. 1t was
built just after the war by q number of
gentlemen who had horses and wanted
place to speed them. AS was fore
seen, because of the distance from
Cape May, people would not go, and
the property fell into the unfeeling
hands of the Sheriff. 1t was sold to
satisfy q mortgage, and the association
bought it in for ii 900, the amount of
the mortgage. odd Bill Millw ard
came down with check for the
amount" continued Mr.. Lee, "but the
Sheriff would not accept it. He then
went to the city and eturned two days
later with seventeen 81, 900 bills in his
pocket. He arrived here in the even
ing, and before going to bed wrapped
up his trousers containing his treasure
and put it under his pillow. After he
had been asleep short time he was
awakened by cries of = ire, and Jump
ing ont of bed che was in the Atlantic
Hotel, he saw the United States Hotel
in flames. He got to the fire as quickly
as he could, and worked until o'clock,
when somebody told him his own hotel
was nearly burned to the ground.
When he arrived there the first person
he met was the wife OF the proprietor,
who said: -, Mr.. Millward, Pm afraid
some of the guests will lose valuable
property For the first me since he
went TO bed the thought of that money
dawned upon him. He had lett il un-
der the pillow and had worn another
pair of trousers. He hired men for
hours to poke around the embers, but
no trace could be found. He returned
to the city. scraped another Sl7, 900 to-
gether, and paid the Sheriff; and years
afterward Bill was stopping at the
newly built Congress Hall. One even
ing in the bar-room two colored men
had quarrel In the midst of it one
of them, who was getting the worst OF
it turned to 'DilP and said: Mr.. Mill
ward, you lost ST., 900 in the fire, didn't
We? Well, that man got 1t, and he
built lot of houses in Brooklyn AS
soon as the man had spoken his adver-
sary threw bottle at his head, which
would hay killed him instantly had it
reached its mark. Investigation proved
that the man had spoken the truth, and
Bill recovered over Sl4,0O of his for
tune which he thought went up in
flames. "-PhtIddelDhtd Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-10-19

Sketch Of the Man Who IL Trying tn Row
olutionixo and Civiiize China.
The part which Count Mitkiewicz has
recently taken in financial and CONNER
cial gossip during the spring and sum-
mer OF 1887, and the colossal proper
tons Of the scheme, Of which he rep
resents the head, to provide China with
telephones, railways, etc, lend interest
to short account of his life career,
which began in Russia, where he was
born in the city of Warsaw on Dec. 81,
1920, coming OF an old and noble fam
lily, members of which have served and
held honorary positions under the Rus
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-10-19

IT is a critical moment in life when
middle age awakens man from the
illusions that have been browning the
earlier years with inward glory. Some
are willing to let the vision and the
dream pass into easy oblivion, while
they hasten to make up for lost time in
close pursuit for the main chance.
Others can forgive anything sooner
than their own exploded ideal, and the
ghost of their dead enthusiasm haunts
them with an embittering presence.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-10-19

A san ANTONIO Tex woman pub
fishes the following card in local pa
per: Il want the public to distinctly
understand that my husband is no
negro. My mother was Creole
Frenchwoman and my father Chero-
kee Indian, and my husbands mother
was Comanche Indian and his father
n German.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-10-19

In tho cities of Worcester and Fall
River, and the town of Somerset, Mass,
the Swedish population is rapidly be-
coming an important element. The
immigrants are mostly young girls, who
sock employment as house servants.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-10-19

Happiness is not perfected until it is shared
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-05-07

feated for the nomination when he
could have been elected, and |, too,
have been twice rejected when an
election was certain. Clay was
nominated upon the third trial and
defeated by nobody, and it seems
certain that | am to be beaten by a
man who, five years ago, was the
sheriff of a sixth-class city"
Roscoe Conkling is represented
as saying, when this Blaine theory
of good luck attending candidates
whose name ended with the letter
IN" was called to his attention ::
" AS the success of Madison and
Clinton, Jackson and Calhoun,
Lincoln and Hamlin, and Lincoln
and Johnson was so pronounced,
why not make it double N ticket
in 1882" And that is why the
ticket of John Sherman for presi-
dent and Robert 7. Lincoln, or
Allison, or Harrison for vice presi-
dent, is gaining so rapidly i'll favor
in the state of New York.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-05-07

The nominal pay of common
soldier is Is a day, varying up to
21d day for men in the household
cavalry. But when the prescribed
stoppages have been made toward
the cost of his keep" very little
is left to him in the way of pocket
money. He may not fare badly,
as compared with men of his owa
rank in life who are not soldiers,
while he is in his teens or for a few
years after. Soon, however, he
wants more, and is worth more-if
he is worth anything-and the
bribe of ID day, rising to 81, for
re-engagement, is not enough for
his requirements or his deserts. He
may, of course, advance to be a
corporal, a sergeant, or even SER
geant-major, receiving as much as
IS, or in the royal engineers 6s a
day nay, it is now possible for
him to be promoted altogether out
of the ranks and to become "an
officer and gentleman" But these
latter promotions are very rare,
and, though there are doubtless
quite as many non-commissiOned
officers are there is room or need
for in regiment, enough scope is
not thus afforded for the reward of
good conduct and long service
which the great mass of our soldiers
have right to expect. Surely, 1t
would be to the general advantage,
and not really expensive, if such a
progressive scale of pay were adopt
ed as would enable private, If
through no fault Of his own he con-
tinued to be n private all through
his career, TO have, when he was
40 or 80 years old, much larger re-
muneration than the balance left
to him, after stoppages, from a
nominal wage of l5d a day. The
addition of a penny a day to every
soldiers pay would amount to near
ly 100000 pounds year, but as
we surrender with every soldier
whom we discharge after seven
years service the value of some
thing like e1000, there would be
no expense whatever if we kept
that one thousand pounds worth
of soldiership in the army, in using
the money to recompense oui
trained men for continuing in oul
service Magazine.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-05-07
A DANGER SIGNAL.

In a prominent place on its edi-
torial page the New York Evening
Post Of April 10Th printed a long
article under the caption Of 1.-The
Importance of the Finish" The
following is an extract from it:
We, who believe firmly in the
great superiority of President Cleve-
land to any of his recent prede-
cessors, in his manner of using the
patronage of the government, can
not conceal from ourselves, never
theless, that it is in the highest de-
gree dangerous to enter on the last
year of his administration without
greatly checking the political ac-
tivity of some of his subOrdinates,
and not only this, but without Civ
ing the public a good many con-
spicuous examples between now
and June, 1888, of the kind of adj
ministration he had in mind when
he wrote his celebrated letter to
George William Curtis and others.
A good many gentlemen are, in
fact, now preparing for his renomi-
nation in ways which will make it
extremely difficult for civil service
reformers to go to the polls for
him with the alacrity they dis
played in 1884.
Numerous dismissals have been
or are being made which are just
as bad from every point of view,
moral, political, or administrative,
as any that occurred under Grant
or Garfield, or would have occurred
under Blaine. This downward
course must be arrested if we are
to have 1884 over again. There is
still time, but it will soon be too
late to make an effective change.
No man who has ever sat in the
presidential chair since Jackson's
day can less we'll afford to go be-
fore the American people for re-
election with such a record as
President Cleveland is now allow
ing his official followers to make
up for him. Nobody could afford
it who had accomplished even hall
as much good as he has done.
We can not now recall any other
administration than his since the
war to which such an appeal as
this could be effectively made. lie
has given many illustrations during
the past three years of the utility
of calling his attention to depar-
lures made by his followers from
his own programme. What we
wish now to emphasize is that the
time during which such corrections
and amendments can be made tC
produce their proper effect on pub
lie opinion, is very brief and must
be improved.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-05-07

DIR. Eggleston in the April Century.

Ut. IYSlcSlbli III tue y hIih NehAuia.
In Connecticut, perhaps more
than anywhere else, Sunday was a
sort of popular idol, nor did the
rigor of its observance abate per-
ceptibly until long after the revolu-
ton. This extreme scrupulosity
about sabbath-keeping was doubt
less the moving cause Of the build
ing of the Sabbath-day houses"
these were little shanties standing
on the Westinghouse green, each
intended to accommodate family
during the interval between the
two services. Some Sabbath-day
houses were built with stall at
one end to shelter the horse, while
the family took refuge in the other,
where there was chimney and a
meager furniture of rude seats and
table. Here on arrival before the
first service the owners lighted q
fire and deposited their luncheon,
and to this camp-hke place they
came back to eat their doughnuts
and thaw themselves out after their
first long sitting in the arctic eli
mate of the meeting house. Some
times two families had Sabbath
day house together; sometimes
there were two rooms in Sabbath
day house that the sexes might sit
apart-for nothing so agreeable as
social converse between boys and
girls was permitted during the con-
secrated time. But some parishes
in Massachusetts, and perhaps else
where, lad a common moon
house" for all comers to rest in.
Fireside assemblages on Sunday.
whether in the parsonage or noon
house, were in danger Of proving
delightful to those who were promo
to enjoy the society of other human
beings, and hence the pastors "were
put upon their best contrivances"
| to have most of the interval between
services filled up with the reading
aloud of edifying books and other
lcxercises calculated to keep tho
mind in a becomingly irksomo
! frame.
|. people call it putting up" at